• Giveaways - Health

    Health Warrior Chia Bars: Energy Bar Review and #giveaway (US only)

    October 22, 2012 - By 

    So what exactly is a Health Warrior Chia seed Bar and how can it keep your exercise, fitness and health regimen on track this holiday season? Chia is an ancient seed once used by the Tarahumara Indians to fuel their bodies. Legend has it they ran barefoot for miles all day long fuelled by Chia seeds. It is a seed that was once important to Aztec and Mayan diets and medicine. A powerful antioxidant, Chia has more Omega 3 fatty acids than salmon, more fibre than oatmeal, more calcium than milk, more protein than tofu and more magnesium than broccoli.…

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    Fun Family Fitness with Zamzee and a #Giveaway

    September 12, 2012 - By 

    Have you heard of Zamzee? Well, picture a pedometer for kids with an attached USB that earns you great prizes like an iPod shuffle, or XBox games. Fun Family Fitness with incentives like prizes and games that encourage more activity. Got your attention? Are you up off the couch lunging for the computer to find out how to order one? Well, what are you waiting for? Both my girls got Zamzees from Blogher 12. They were souvenirs from the many exhibitors. Now, anyone who knows me, or knows my kids also knows we are one of the busiest, active families…

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    When Celebrities Reveal Infertility: Khloe Kardashian

    September 11, 2012 - By 

    Source: cdn.blogs.sheknows.com via Emily on Pinterest I am not the world’s biggest fan of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I have never really fully understood the appeal of the show, or the claim to fame for any of the members of the family. But this crossed my desk today and I took notice. Last night’s episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians was all about babies and fertility issues. Khloe Kardashian, seen here, married to Lamar Odom, visited a fertility clinic with her sister. Khloe and Lamar have had difficulty conceiving a child and have yet to receive an explanation…

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    Explaining Why #OHIP4IVF #onpoli Makes Sense

    September 9, 2012 - By 

    Some of my readers and followers will have noticed I am on a new mission here lately _ one that involves championing the needs of families as usual, but from a slightly different perspective. Lately I am tweeting with the hashtag #Ohip4ivf because I have joined forces with a group called Conceivable Dreams. Conceivable Dreams is an advocacy based grassroots organization that started with the passion of two parents bent on educating public and government about the needs of parents in waiting, parents seeking to become families through the help of a process known as in vitro fertilization. I typically…

  • Back To School - Health

    Back to School Backpack Safety: How to Spare Your Child’s Back From Injury

    September 1, 2012 - By 

    I was sent several of these Backpack Binders for review and was the slightest bit confused when they arrived. Are they a backpack? Or a binder? Well, my energetic one shown here tore open the package and all was revealed. They are binders, of course, but with a difference. These Backpack Binders are extremely light, because the company that makes them believes the lighter the better and that children’s backpacks are already to full, which is leading to a large number of back injuries. So lighten the load in the backpack, by carrying one of these and you are off…

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    Saving Money at the Dentist with DentalPlans

    August 10, 2012 - By 

    No secret that dentistry, planned or unplanned, can leave the average person out of pocket for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of dollars. If you don’t have insurance, what’s a family to do? Luckily DentalPlans has some answers to your dental needs. With plans that start at $79.95 a year, you can help your family save. I am all about the savings here, so this is one service that caught my eye. Plans start at the low price of $79.95 for single patients and $129.95 for families. That’s a good deal less than many dental insurance plans.  As a mom of…

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    I Didn’t Know I Was a Health Blogger until…

    August 2, 2012 - By 

    A funny thing happened on the way to my first rodeo – or my first trip to Blogher. I was signing up last minute as I do, because life is busy, when all the schedules started coming and they were addressed to this health and fitness track blogger. Health Blogger? Fitness blogger? Now, I’ve been blogging a good three years easily. And I can tell you categorically that I have not once thought of myself as a health blogger. I am, at times, all over the map here. I know it. I like a lot of things and I like…

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    Stylish Glasses Online at Great Prices

    July 2, 2012 - By 

    Want stylish Glasses at great prices? Look no further than glasses.com. The on line site has some superhot styles and an amazing deal right now for the 4th of July. Buy now and use the code 4thJuly and you get 30% off and $30 cashback. You get the code by email. There are too many deals to list them all, but FREE SHIPPING is also available on many orders.  When I was wearing glasses I used to look forward to that visit every year to the optometrist. It didn`t really matter how the appointment went to me, the part I…

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    Summer Bloggers Birthday Bash

    July 1, 2012 - By 

    Welcome to the Summer Bloggers Birthday Bash! A whole mess of bloggers have teamed up to bring this killer bash to you. There are dozens of prizes and I can’t wait to see who wins…Good luck all! Moms LivingThrifty, CentsableCoupon Lady, Clair’sFreebies, Good StewardSavers and Feisty FruGals have teamed up with a great group of bloggers to celebrate our summer blog birthdays! We’ve got lots of great prizes up for grabs, including a grand prize of $300 PayPal cash! Yes, that’s 3 BIG ONES to one lucky reader! What would you do with an extra $300 in your pocket? Pay…

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    Adult Essentials: Update on my ShesConnected Health Journey

    May 15, 2012 - By 

    Writing is a pretty sedentary activity. Yes, between all the twitter parties and the bon bon eating, navel gazing and naps, there’s scarcely any time for anything else…(cue awful sound of screechy needle dragged across a record).Say what? Truth: I run so hard and so fast most days my head spins. These are a few little snapshots of our life. When we were still for purposes of capturing a moment in time. Us in Cape Canaveral, Us doing a story and meeting the amazing Olympian Kurt Browning. Us at martial arts. The whole family trains. I run them around and…